Ethiopian coffee producing area, Ethiopian coffee introduction

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There are more than 140 varieties of coffee in Ethiopia

Ethiopia in East Africa means "land inhabited by people tanned by the sun" in ancient Greek. Ethiopia's unique cultural tradition, spectacular scenery, pleasant climate, rich animal and plant resources, important places of interest, hospitality and friendly people make it one of the major tourist destinations in Africa.

The name Coffee comes from kaffa in Ethiopia.

Do you know? The root of coffee is in Ethiopia. It is said that the word coffee in English also comes from the place name "Kaffa" in Ethiopia. Legend has it that around 900 AD, when a shepherd in the Cafa region of Ethiopia was grazing in the mountains, he found that the sheep were competing for a kind of red berries. After eating, the sheep were excited and reacted abnormally. The shepherd was scared all night because he thought his sheep had eaten some harmful food. Who knew the sheep were safe and sound the next day. This unexpected discovery prompted shepherds to collect the wild fruit and boil juice to quench their thirst. He felt that the fruit juice was mellow and excited after drinking it. So he began to plant this plant, which led to the development of large-scale coffee cultivation, and the name of coffee evolved from the curry method. After that, coffee spread from Ethiopia to the world.

Coffee is as pure as a thoroughbred.

Ethiopia grows coffee in different climatic zones, so it has more than 140 farm varieties, and fresh coffee is produced all the year round. The quality of Ethiopian coffee varies according to different elevations and regional ecological environment. The Harar coffee in the southeast highland is a typical Muha coffee with strong aroma; the coffee produced in southwest Wollega has a rich fruity flavor; Limu coffee has wine and spice flavor; Sidamo coffee is mild, full-bodied and sour, while Yirgacheffee coffee has floral flavor. Taste Yega Xuefei, chocolate and sour taste more intense, like lemon flying, with a trance of flowers.

Interestingly, Ethiopians also put pictures of horses on the coffee package to show the purity of the coffee. It is said that in the era when horses were the main means of transportation, Ethiopians were proud that Ethiopia had the best thoroughbred horses in the world. Now they give this pride to Ethiopian coffee, "high-quality coffee should be as pure as thoroughbred horses". As a result of adhering to this concept, the taste of coffee here is still so mellow.

Ethiopia: the original taste of coffee

Annual output: 396000 tons

"the delicate floral and sweet fruit flavor that can be brought out by a cup of water washed by Yirgacheffe is unparalleled, or sun-treated Sidamo, sweet and atmospheric, is the most classic top representative of Ethiopian coffee."

-- Lorenzo Perkins, Director of Education, Cuv é e Coffee

Ethiopia is the birthplace of the famous Arabica coffee beans, and people have always maintained the tradition of harvesting wild coffee beans. The coffee garden with an elevation of more than 1500 meters has formed a unique coffee style after more than a thousand years of evolution and adaptation. Ethiopian coffee grown in the natural wild environment is called "wilderness coffee". It retains the most primitive and natural taste of coffee beans and has the most direct and full expression of the local environment.

It is worth mentioning that most of the coffee in Central and South America is imported, but Ethiopia is a rare native place, and there are countless native wild varieties that have not yet been discovered.

Of the nine major coffee producing areas in Ethiopia, Hidamo and Yegashafi are the most outstanding. Yega Xuefei originally belongs to the sub-region of Hidamo, which is independent because of its special flavor. Because of its rich and complex fruit aroma, it has become an international hit almost overnight, becoming a hot target for experts and expensive.